The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-02
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
nday is the Fourth of July.

Monday Is the Fourth of July.
I Very little business was transacted owing
TO the excitement.
The liquor saloons were closed yesterday
by order of the Marshal
The Belgic is due from San Francisco to-
morrow, en- route to Hongkong.
Miss Maggie Knight, the actress, was a
through passenger by the Mariposa.
The Chinese Commissioners arrived in
Melbourne from Sydney, May 26th.
In half-mile dash for 500, at Kahului,
June 25th, the mare MoIIie beat POM
Moi
The missionary barkentine Morning
Star viii not sail for the South Seas until
Tuesday
The Oceanic Company's steamship Aus
tralia will sail on Tuesday at noon for San
| Francisco
The meeting of the Hawaiian Mission
Children's Society is postponed till next
week, July eth
Mr.. Cockett, the new French Commas
sioner at Honolulu, arrived from the Col
onies yesterday by the Mariposa.
Purser Brewster, of the Mariposa, has
the thanks of the ADVERTISER for prompt
delivery of Colonial files of papers.
The regular monthly meeting of Homo
lulu Typographical Union No. 81 will be
held this evening at $50 o'clock p. m, at |
the usual place.
at 10 o'clock this morning Mr.. Lewis ].
Levy will sell the household furniture at
the residence of Monsieur Henri Feer,
Beretania street.
Mr.. a. G. Horton, one of the proprietors
of the New Zealand Herald was
through passenger by the Mariposa. He
is going to England.
The Honolulu Almanac and Directory
for 1887 is now on sale at j. H. Soper's
and A. NJ. Hewett's news depots, and at
this Office. Price, 80 cents.
The demand for yesterdays ADVERTISER
with the full account of the mass meeting
was so large that an extra edition of two
hundred and fifty had to be struck off.
They are all gone.
The Joran family are engaged on sue
cessful tour in the direction of Adelaide,
where they contemplate appearing during
the Exhibition season. They have been
received with great enthusiasm.
Prince Alexander of Battenberg has re-
piled to the offer of nomination to the
throne of Bulgaria. He says his return
would be fatal to Bulgaria, is it would I'M
provoke Russian occupation of
the country
The Australasian "Ironmonger, pub
I'LL,
Almanac and Directory is an interesting
publication of 116 pages, giving very full
account of the Hawaiian Islands, and few
Will desire more complete, general inform
.tion"
AT Tonga, June 1st, everything was
uiet The Government was making
,reat improvements in marking the fair (
way with buoys. King George was at
Iavau on pleasure trip in one of the
lative schOoners, and the Hawaiian En-
assy was still in Tonga.
Those who have SO kindly signlfed their
willingness to assist unsteady in the COM
ng Fourth of July celebration will please
eport themselves, subject to rehearsal and
nal instruction for the days proceedings, {
0 Mr.. J. w. Yarndley in the vestry of
'ort-street Church this afternoon at 2:3O
clock.
Bishop Barry, of Sydney, who has been
n a visit to England, may be expected to
ass through Honolulu on his return in
bout months time. He preached the
jubilee sermon at Cambridge University.
'ishop Barry is especially distinguished as
n accomplished scholar and a liberal
hinker.